Oopsie In the Kitchen

I thought this cooking disaster deserved its own post. Chad sent me to Walmart to buy more paint. He gave me $40.00 for a $15.00 gallon of paint and some putty to fix holes in the wall. Well should have known I would have spent the whole $40.00 I decided I wanted to make banana pudding for a dessert snack while I painted the living room. (See post below). So I first saw the bananas and Nilla Wafers, I've never really made this before so I just thought I'd follow the recipe on the box. Well it lists a million things you need:

Original Nilla Banana Pudding

Layers of Nilla wafers, creamy pudding and fresh banana slices are the stars of this American classic.

Prep: 30 mins - Cook: 15 mins - Cool: 15 mins

3/4 cup sugar, divided
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
Dash salt
3 eggs, separated
2 cups milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
45 NILLA Wafers, divided
5 ripe bananas, sliced (about 3 1/2 cups), divided
Additional NILLA Wafers and banana slices, for garnish


1. Mix 1/2 cup sugar, flour and salt in top of double boiler. Blend in 3 egg yolks and milk. Cook, uncovered, over boiling water, stirring constantly for 10 to 12 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.

2. Reserve 10 wafers for garnish. Spread small amount of custard on bottom of 1 1/2-quart casserole; cover with a layer of wafers and a layer of sliced bananas. Pour about 1/3 of custard over bananas. Continue to layer wafers, bananas and custard to make a total of 3 layers of each, ending with custard.

3. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form; gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar and beat until stiff but not dry. Spoon on top of pudding, spreading evenly to cover entire surface and sealing well to edges.

4. Bake at 350°F in top half of oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until browned. Cool slightly or refrigerate. Garnish with additional wafers and banana slices just before serving.

Makes 8 servings

Nutritional Info Per Serving:
287 calories, 6 g protein, 50 g carbohydrate, 7 g total fat, 2 g saturated fat, 117 mg cholesterol, 134 mg sodium, 1 g dietary fiber

This recipe created by McCormick, Inc.


Well somehow I forgot to add the milk, and I guess baking a cold dessert really threw me for a loop and here is the aftermath.

 It was as hard as a rock

 So hard it won't even fall out!

The birds at Chad's house love me.

Lesson learned: Milk is a very important ingredient. Oopsie!